28 December 2013

This was taken on le rocher - the palace is behind me and this couple are walking towards the barrier where they'll look down on the glorious view of Port Hercule and the yachts with the Christmas village and ice-rink alongside.

I couldn't decide if I liked it better in colour or black and white - so here are both!

27 December 2013

Dusk over the swimming pool on Port Hercule which has been transformed into an ice rink for Christmas. You see the yachts in the background and on the right is 'le rocher' where you find the cathedral and the palace.

21 December 2013

20 December 2013

The Aeroskull HD is apparently what every well-dressed iPod or iPhone needs for Christmas! It's a speaker system with a dock for your device. The sunglasses house the speakers. There are plus and minus signs on the two front teeth.

'Jarre Technologies, founded by the musical legend, Jean Michel Jarre
has unveiled its latest speaker system, the Aeroskull HD iPhone 5
Bluetooth dock. The Aeroskull features two 15 Watt speakers
hidden behind sunglasses with an impressive 40 Watt Sub Woofer
covering the whole of the back of the skull as well as 1% THD (Total
Harmonic Distorsion), to deliver an uncompromising listening
experience.'

The Aeroskull comes in 11 colours and costs 399 euros. Click link above to read more. I took these photos in FNAC in Monaco.

13 December 2013

The café on the lower level of the Metropole centre is always buzzing with people taking their morning coffee or meeting friends for a light lunch. Meanwhile sales staff on the level above chat whilst they wait for customers.

06 December 2013

05 December 2013

Don't you love the intense concentration on this lady's face. She is working at the raffle table which raises a lot of money for charity with its Tombola and big Monaco-style prizes. I don't know who she is but I think she looks a bit like Mary Berry, the lovely English cookery lady on television, don't you?

04 December 2013

The ladies who man (!) the stalls at the Kermesse work tirelessly for charity. For weeks before the event they beg, borrow and steal (not really!) items for their stalls and then have to price them, pack them up and get them to the circus tent on the morning of the Kermesse. Then they work non-stop all day selling, selling, selling and always they raise thousands for charity.

In these two photos, on one of the British Association of Monaco stalls (BAM) you see the ebullient Anne Batt and behind her, Caroline Casely.

Those of you who are regular followers of this Facebook page will know Anne and her wonderfully funny and ascerbic comments on the style - or lack of it - when I post pics of people.

03 December 2013

Books, books, books. There is an English bookstall and a French one at the Kermesse with thousands of second hand books for sale. And in the middle of the afternoon all the books unsold are on offer at 1 euro each. The lady in the first photo is looking at a book on punctuation.

01 December 2013

The annual Kermesse in aid of charity was held yesterday in the
circus tent in Fontvieille. This is the 44th year of the year of this event which has been held annually in Monaco since 1970 when it was created by the
British Association of Monaco (BAM), St. Paul’s Church and the Saint
Vincent de Paul charity. Nowadays others are involved in the
organization including the Reform Church of Monaco, the Spanish
Community, and the Greek Orthodox parish.

There were over 25 stalls including two book stalls (one English and one
French), lots of clothes stalls, a toy stall, an antique stall, a flower stall,
a tombola stand and loads of Christmas food for sale.

Everyone has the best fun meeting up with old friends, however this lady is making is quite clear she has no intention of having a conversation with a tiger.